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Help!Hazards dont work and MOT is tommorrow :(

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mobi:

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mobi-does that apply for things like hazards in the MOT?
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i dont see whey not series land rovers don't have them!   if it's fitted it must work. same as the rear wiper if the motor is kaput just take the wiper arm off!, i can't see why you can't do the same for the hazards, if the switch is not there they can't test it, its not a legal requirement to have it fitted.

V8MoneyPit:
Vehicles registered after 1st April 1986 have to be fitted with hazards. As such, removing the switch will fail the MOT if it is after this date.

Prior to this, you are quite right. If it's fitted it has to work. remove it and it can't be tested.

3laner:
hmmm thats annoying,so basically it will fail the MOT as it is.anyone got any suggestions as to what I could look for?

extreme90:
try another hazard switch, they always go wrong, there just rubbish  :lol:
however, are the indicators working, as usual when the hazard switch goes, it plays havock with the rest of the lights and a few other leccy bits as they all run through the hazard switch  :roll:

best bet is to try another switch
oh, if the indicators do work but the hazard dont, that rules out the relay
without going down to one of the 90's to check ( as i cant remember )
afink the hazards run off a different fuse to the indicators
dan

V8MoneyPit:
The most likely thing is the switch itself. The contacts inside corrode and burn. We find that the only answer tends to be replacement. You might be able to take it apart and clean it up for a temp fix, but they tend not to last long like this.
Paddocks have them quite cheap IIRC.

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